National Regional Profile: Golden Plains (S) - North-West (Statistical Local Area)  
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 28/07/2008 CLASSIFICATIONS CODE: 210152491   
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INDUSTRY

2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
BUILDING APPROVALS - year ended 30 June
Private sector housesno.
59
52
72
51
67
Total dwelling unitsno.
59
52
74
51
67
Value of total residential building$m
8.3
8.5
12.9
11.1
14.6
Value of total non-residential building$m
0.1
1.7
0.2
0.7
2.5
Value of total building$m
8.4
10.2
13.1
11.8
17.0
NEW MOTOR VEHICLE SALES - year ended 30 June
Passenger vehicles no.
88
76
81
85
98
Other vehiclesno.
84
76
90
107
90
Total new motor vehicle salesno.
171
152
171
191
188
MOTOR VEHICLE CENSUS - REGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLES - at 31 March
Number by type of vehicle
Passenger vehiclesno.
3 687
3 827
3 838
3 865
3 807
Campervansno.
30
33
32
31
32
Light commercial vehiclesno.
1 361
1 429
1 426
1 437
1 457
Light rigid trucksno.
41
40
42
40
39
Heavy rigid trucksno.
259
270
264
271
265
Articulated trucksno.
70
71
71
67
66
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
28
27
32
30
30
Busesno.
24
23
19
16
15
Motorcyclesno.
275
247
255
251
260
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
5 775
5 966
5 979
6 009
5 972
Number per 1,000 population
Passenger vehiclesno.
496
513
508
505
492
Campervansno.
4
4
4
4
4
Light commercial vehiclesno.
183
192
189
188
188
Light rigid trucksno.
6
5
6
5
5
Heavy rigid trucksno.
35
36
35
35
34
Articulated trucksno.
9
10
9
9
9
Non-freight carrying trucksno.
4
4
4
4
4
Busesno.
3
3
3
2
2
Motorcyclesno.
37
33
34
33
34
Total registered motor vehiclesno.
778
800
792
785
772
Number by type of fuel
Petrol - Leadedno.
1 773
1 615
1 392
1 189
994
Petrol - Unleadedno.
2 842
3 105
3 318
3 514
3 629
Dieselno.
644
722
776
819
861
LPG/Dual/Otherno.
517
525
492
487
488
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES * - year ended 30 June
Total area
Area of holdingha
-
-
-
-
54 185.6
Cereals for grain ha
-
-
-
-
7 943.8
Vegetables for human consumption ha
-
-
-
-
0.3
Orchard trees (including nuts) ha
-
-
-
-
14.7
All fruit (excluding grapes) ha
-
-
-
-
14.7
Non-cereal broadacre cropsha
-
-
-
-
1 845.9
Total number
Sheep and lambsno.
-
-
-
-
223 631
Milk cattle (excluding house cows)no.
-
-
-
-
690
Meat cattle no.
-
-
-
-
6 524
Pigsno.
-
-
-
-
6
* Agricultural commodities data is subject to relative standard error (RSE) - for further information see ABS cat no. 7125.0